Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-06
MEN FROM OTHER GENERATIONS.

Measure Life
BY is true worth. the comfort IL affords,
And theirs alone seems worthy OF the name.
Good health. and its associate in the most
TODD temper. spirits prompt 70 undertake.
And not soon spent, though in au arduouS task;
The powers of fancy anu strong thought are
theirs.
MANY centuries ago, CICERO wroteOf the
reverence that should cling around Old
Ace and showed that it was something to
be sought after by all men. This tact is
rs true now rs it was when it formed a
theme for the great Roman. The great
rude oak through whose branches have
pIayed the bowling blasts and gentle
breezes of centuries and about whose roots
lie generations of trees that have risen,
eliminated, fell and returned to mother
earth. is an object of veneratiOn. Much
more so then is a man who stands up with
his head white from the SHOWS beneath
which lie buried generations Of men,
Two such oaks have just fallen in Wheel
;ng-ELIJAH DAY and ALEXANDER ROC
FRS. Mr.. ROGERS was born with thecen-
turv. Mr.. DAYS life dates back into the
other century, into the time Of WASHING
TONS Presidency. lie has thus seen the
administrations OF the twenty-five Presl-
dents who have ruled this nation. Tie
has seen the republic extending southwark
and westward till il touched the Cult, the
Rio Grande and the Pacific ocean,, and the
States were increased from thirteen to thir-
weight and the population from four
millions to sixty millions. -Four such
lives as that of Mr.. DAY would 20 hack to
the time of COLUMBUS and would antedate
the earliest settlement Of the country by
half a century. Twenty such lives - Mr.
DAYS or twenty-One like that of Mr.. ROC
ELS would 90 back to the beginning Of the
Christian era. Both these men have seen
the struggles, the contests and the achieve
meuts this republic has made. Where
once they saw trackless forests they have
seen cities spring up as by some magic
mower. Cincinnati. Chicago, st. Louis,
Kansas City, San Francisco, and scores OF
other cities have been born and nurtured
into greatness under their eyes.
But such age is not reyereneed, as is a
famous traveller, because Of the wonders it
has seen. These two men were rugged,
strong and noble types of manhood that
have come down to Us frOm other genera
tions, They were of those CARLYLE
might call "a hero in his W rude man
nor >, and with "a light of intellect, rude
nobleness of heart" Mr.. ROGERS though
stern and close in a trade, nevertheless hid
behind it all real nObleness of heart. Both
men we're such as make 4 nation great and
stand as battlements against dangers.
There is no danger of such persons becom-
ing drunk on theories OF following that
willJo-the-wisp, Socialism, or any other
foolish ism that troubles the hasty and
impetuous men OftO-day. They are
"Firmer in health. snd greener in their age
And strieter on their 0Isrd and filter for
To play hfe's subtle game
Many of the present generation OF men
seem. as Lord BACON once said: in the
conduct and manage Of actions, embrace
more tbaa they can hold; stir more than
fhey can quiet; ay to an end without con-
Sderatien Of the means and degrees; pur-